diff --git a/pkg/sql/sqlliveness/slinstance/slinstance.go b/pkg/sql/sqlliveness/slinstance/slinstance.go
index 9c707748faf2..344024b74d6c 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/sqlliveness/slinstance/slinstance.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/sqlliveness/slinstance/slinstance.go
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ type Writer interface {
 }
 
 type session struct {
-	id  sqlliveness.SessionID
-	exp hlc.Timestamp
-	mu  struct {
+	id sqlliveness.SessionID
+	mu struct {
 		syncutil.RWMutex
+		exp                    hlc.Timestamp
 		sessionExpiryCallbacks []func(ctx context.Context)
 	}
 }
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ type session struct {
 func (s *session) ID() sqlliveness.SessionID { return s.id }
 
 // Expiration implements the Session interface method Expiration.
-func (s *session) Expiration() hlc.Timestamp { return s.exp }
+func (s *session) Expiration() hlc.Timestamp {
+	s.mu.RLock()
+	defer s.mu.RUnlock()
+	return s.mu.exp
+}
 
 func (s *session) RegisterCallbackForSessionExpiry(sExp func(context.Context)) {
 	s.mu.Lock()
@@ -86,6 +90,12 @@ func (s *session) invokeSessionExpiryCallbacks(ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *session) setExpiration(exp hlc.Timestamp) {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	s.mu.exp = exp
+}
+
 // Instance implements the sqlliveness.Instance interface by storing the
 // liveness sessions in table system.sqlliveness and relying on a heart beat
 // loop to extend the existing sessions' expirations or creating a new session
@@ -141,7 +151,8 @@ func (l *Instance) clearSession(ctx context.Context) {
 func (l *Instance) createSession(ctx context.Context) (*session, error) {
 	id := sqlliveness.SessionID(uuid.MakeV4().GetBytes())
 	exp := l.clock.Now().Add(l.ttl().Nanoseconds(), 0)
-	s := &session{id: id, exp: exp}
+	s := &session{id: id}
+	s.mu.exp = exp
 
 	opts := retry.Options{
 		InitialBackoff: 10 * time.Millisecond,
@@ -152,7 +163,7 @@ func (l *Instance) createSession(ctx context.Context) (*session, error) {
 	var err error
 	for i, r := 0, retry.StartWithCtx(ctx, opts); r.Next(); {
 		i++
-		if err = l.storage.Insert(ctx, s.id, s.exp); err != nil {
+		if err = l.storage.Insert(ctx, s.id, s.Expiration()); err != nil {
 			if ctx.Err() != nil {
 				break
 			}
@@ -170,7 +181,7 @@ func (l *Instance) createSession(ctx context.Context) (*session, error) {
 	return s, nil
 }
 
-func (l *Instance) extendSession(ctx context.Context, s sqlliveness.Session) (bool, error) {
+func (l *Instance) extendSession(ctx context.Context, s *session) (bool, error) {
 	exp := l.clock.Now().Add(l.ttl().Nanoseconds(), 0)
 
 	opts := retry.Options{
@@ -197,9 +208,7 @@ func (l *Instance) extendSession(ctx context.Context, s sqlliveness.Session) (bo
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
-	l.mu.Lock()
-	l.mu.s.exp = exp
-	l.mu.Unlock()
+	s.setExpiration(exp)
 	return true, nil
 }